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Songhoy Blues: Music in Exile

August 17, 2015 By guillaume

Songhoy Blues: Music in Exile

Influenced by desert blues legends like Ali Farka Touré (1939 - 2006) or Khaira Arby and growing up listening to tapes of BB King, John Lee Hooker or Jimi Hendrix, the four members of Malian band Songhoy Blues play a raw and energetic mix of blues, … [Read more...] about Songhoy Blues: Music in Exile

Filed Under: Contemporary, World Tagged With: blues, indie, song, Songhoy Blues

Mark Lanegan Band: Phantom Radio

January 21, 2015 By guillaume

Mark Lanegan Band: Phantom Radio

Now aged 50, American alt-rock singer songwriter Mark Lanegan is an extremely prolific recording artist and attempting to frame his musical output in terms of style relating to a particular period in his discography would inevitably lead to over … [Read more...] about Mark Lanegan Band: Phantom Radio

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk Tagged With: blues, electro, Mark Lanegan, song

Bombino: Tar Hani

May 9, 2014 By guillaume

Bombino: Tar Hani

It was in 2008 while filming a documentary in Niger focusing on the Tuareg nomads of the Sahara and Sahel regions of Africa that American film maker Ron Wyman first heard the music of Bombino on a car stereo. Our driver had one cassette - Bombino’s … [Read more...] about Bombino: Tar Hani

Filed Under: World Tagged With: blues, Bombino, guitar, song

Hurray for the Riff Raff: St. Roch Blues

April 19, 2014 By guillaume

Hurray for the Riff Raff: St. Roch Blues

Originally from the Bronx in New York, singer-songwriter Alynda Lee Segarra left home at the age of 17 to travel westwards across America before settling in New Orleans. Perfecting her craft busking and singing with various bands while immersed in a … [Read more...] about Hurray for the Riff Raff: St. Roch Blues

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk Tagged With: blues, Hurray for the Riff Raff, indie, song

Tamikrest: Tisnant an Chatma

November 18, 2013 By guillaume

Tamikrest: Tisnant an Chatma

A lot of the music coming from contemporary Malian bands and singers today has this compelling and hypnotic flow that invariably captures the listener’s attention, and the music of young Tuareg band Tamikrest is no exception. Formed in 2006 and … [Read more...] about Tamikrest: Tisnant an Chatma

Filed Under: World Tagged With: blues, song, Tamikrest

Boubacar Traoré & Vincent Bucher: Mondeou

September 16, 2013 By guillaume

Boubacar Traoré & Vincent Bucher: Mondeou

Self-taught on the guitar, Malian singer songwriter Boubacar Traoré’s unique style is mainly based on the playing of the kora, the 21-string west-African harp. Having also integrated in his technique phrases and inflections from the Mississipi Delta … [Read more...] about Boubacar Traoré & Vincent Bucher: Mondeou

Filed Under: Folk Tagged With: blues, Boubacar Traoré, harmonica, song, Vincent Bucher

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